Joe Roosen

@jroosen.bsky.social

SpyCloud - Director of Security Research, Cryptolaemus Coordinator, Emotet(Ivan)/QBot(Boris) Destroyer, gold prospector & former sysadmin.

“Fraudulent messages promising safe passage through the Strait of Hormuz in exchange for cryptocurrency have been sent to some shipping companies... [A]t least one ​of the vessels, ⁠which tried to exit the strait on Saturday and was hit by gunfire, was a victim of the fraud.”

Scam messages offering ships safe transit through Hormuz, security firm warns

Fraudulent messages promising safe passage through the Strait of Hormuz in exchange for cryptocurrency have been sent to some shipping companies whose ​vessels are stranded west of the waterway, Greek...

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Iran warns it could wage a prolonged war with the US and Israel that would "destroy" the world economy, even as Trump says it is near defeat. Iranian strikes have brought shipping through the Strait of Hormuz almost to a halt, forcing governments to scramble to contain the fallout u.afp.com/SLwq

Smoke rises from the site of an Israeli airstrike in BeirutA screen displays a portrait of Iran's new supreme leader Mojtaba Khamenei during the funerals of Revolutionary Guard members at Enghelab Square in Tehran A building targeted by an Israeli airstrike in the Lebanese city of Tyre Smoke rises from the Thai bulk carrier 'Mayuree Naree' near the Strait of Hormuz after an attack

About a year ago we published a story on Black Basta and the alleged leader of the gang, called Oleg N. He managed to escape after being presented to a judge Today, LEA agencies announced having searched two homes of Black Basta operators in Ukraine. For Oleg, there's a "Wanted" poster

🇬🇱 🇺🇸 "We don't want to be Americans," Greenland's political parties said late on Friday as US President Donald Trump again suggested using force to seize the mineral-rich Danish autonomous territory, raising concern worldwide ➡️ u.afp.com/SXWX

File photo shows a tourist looking at a statue of Hans Egede (1686-1758), a Dano-Norwegian Lutheran missionary, in Nuuk, Greenland, on March 9, 2025US President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting with US oil companies executives in the East Room of the White House in Washington, DC on January 9, 2026

1/ Vladimir Putin's heavy investment in the regime of Venezuelan former President Nicolás Maduro has been a costly and disastrous failure, according to Russian commentators. They admit that Russia is too weak to stop its allies from being picked off one by one by the West. ⬇️

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Tonight, Iran International TV exposed the identity of a Handala hacking group admin—part of the Banished Kitten cyber unit I've previously reported on—and unmasked his handler in Iran's Ministry of Intelligence. - Morteza Aftabi-Far - Ali Bermoudeh

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The General Staff of Ukraine reports: a strike by long-range drones destroyed two Russian Su-34 fighter-bombers at the Marinovka airbase in Russia’s Volgograd region. Two more were damaged.

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The General Staff of Ukraine reports: a strike by long-range drones destroyed two Russian Su-34 fighter-bombers at the Marinovka airbase in Russia’s Volgograd region. Two more were damaged.

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